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Limekiln Street

 

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 11 January, 1935

Limekiln Street Flats, 1935

The work of building the 36 flats at Limekiln Street, where persons displaced under the slum clearance schemes on the Pier district will be housed, was begun shortly before Christmas by Messrs. G. Lewis and Sons (Dover), Ltd. The photo shows progress that has been made.

 

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 22 February, 1935

Limekiln Street Flats, 1935

Above photo shows the front of the flats as seen in February 1935. Notice the "Archliffe Fort" to the extreme right.

 

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday 1 November, 1935

Limekiln Street Flats, November 1935

Above shows the same position seen from Archliffe Road but in November 1935.

Limekiln Street Flats, November 1935

Shortly to be occupied by families displaced from the St. John's Place, Chapel Court and Seven Star Street slum clearance areas. Above view showing the back of the flats, seen from the Viaduct.

 

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